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a lot of factory jobs are like that in the united states. that's the nature of a factory. >> one final question, if i might. how long does your intelligence indicate that this plant may be offline? >> that's the critical question. they were saying it could be up as soon as tomorrow. i actually think we've not heard the end of this news. i think we'll see more bad news regarding nurse which could theoretically keep this factory closed for up to a week or maybe more if we end up seeing deaths. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. appreciate you being with us. >> ty, as you know, another big apple story today, the company selling more of its 5 million iphone 5s in the first three days after that product was launched. a note from jpmorgan says, by the way, that that does not include pre-orders, and then there's yahoo!. the shares of yahoo! today are on the upside by more than 5% in a month as the new ceo, marisa mayer, gets set to address the troops tomorrow. jon fortt is helping us get ahead of this particular story. >> tomorrow's meeting is only
a lot of factory jobs are like that in the united states. that's the nature of a factory. >> one final question, if i might. how long does your intelligence indicate that this plant may be offline? >> that's the critical question. they were saying it could be up as soon as tomorrow. i actually think we've not heard the end of this news. i think we'll see more bad news regarding nurse which could theoretically keep this factory closed for up to a week or maybe more if we end up...
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. >>> the drenching that parts of the united states got last week, including tornadoes out in queens, not really helping parched farmland. there are no farms in queens, are there? this afternoon we're going to get exclusive details on the economic impact from our senior economics reporter steve leisman. he's here live. >> in about three minutes we're going to get an e-mail from the guy that runs the farm in queens. it is a big impact from what's a small sector of the economy and it could even have an impact on the presidential election. in a detailed study of the summer's drought which scored soybeans, corn and other crops across the nation, macro economic advisors out of st. louis estimate it could shave as much as a half point off gross domestic product this year. that's a big hit to a $13 trillion economy from a total farm sector that accounts for just -- wait for it now -- 1% of the nation's output. ben herzon is the economist who did the study. pe explai he explains the drought's outside impact. >> even though it only accounts for 1% of the economy, big changes in farm output can
. >>> the drenching that parts of the united states got last week, including tornadoes out in queens, not really helping parched farmland. there are no farms in queens, are there? this afternoon we're going to get exclusive details on the economic impact from our senior economics reporter steve leisman. he's here live. >> in about three minutes we're going to get an e-mail from the guy that runs the farm in queens. it is a big impact from what's a small sector of the economy and...
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. >> the bankers, whether it's in the united states or over there, have been talking the talk which is one of the reasons why the u.s. market's up 10% this summer is the anticipation of quantitative easing down the road. >> the ecb needs it. >> the question is, will they walk the walk? >> will the ecb -- this is the plan. now over to you politicians. they're finished. >> we have seen it. verbal intervention brought spanish interest rates down and spain is backing off saying, whoa, we don't necessarily need any help. you know? already in that drama. can you put forward further austerity? >> not just since milton die dined alone. thanks very much. back to you. >> we'll continue the conversation here on the nyse floor. here with me is kenny pulcari. europe today is stabilize. a rally. listening to the conversation, you were making points to me during that. not only do they have to agree, spain and italy, to certain conditions, they actually have to ask for the aid and they have not done that yet. >> that's right. they have to ask for it and agree to the conditions and talking about this f
. >> the bankers, whether it's in the united states or over there, have been talking the talk which is one of the reasons why the u.s. market's up 10% this summer is the anticipation of quantitative easing down the road. >> the ecb needs it. >> the question is, will they walk the walk? >> will the ecb -- this is the plan. now over to you politicians. they're finished. >> we have seen it. verbal intervention brought spanish interest rates down and spain is backing...
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this is very, very detrimental to the united states long term. >> it ultimately is going to do something, though -- [ bell ]. i kind of disagree. because i think if consumers know -- >> if they understand. can you understand your health plan? >> i can't understand my health plan today. i don't know what it covers and what it doesn't. >> it puts employees at the mercy of the insurance companies and they're really going to be defenseless. >> and you have 206 perfect information. why should everybody have perfect information when their employer can help everybody at once to get to that? >> i'll tell you one thing i'm not going to do, is go through a whole book on every potential plan that i might look at to see -- >> they might do it on your behalf. >> oh, sure. >> koording to a new irs inspector general report 70 federal agencies owe $14 million in taxes. so why does the government hate taxes, john? >> it's not just these federal agencies that owe taxes. we learned earlier in the year that over a billion dollars is owed by federal employees. there's a scofflaw problem in our very governmen
this is very, very detrimental to the united states long term. >> it ultimately is going to do something, though -- [ bell ]. i kind of disagree. because i think if consumers know -- >> if they understand. can you understand your health plan? >> i can't understand my health plan today. i don't know what it covers and what it doesn't. >> it puts employees at the mercy of the insurance companies and they're really going to be defenseless. >> and you have 206 perfect...
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as the networks of nbc focus on education here in the united states, we are also learning this hour that americans owe more on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. and the default rate on those student loans is more than four times the default rate on mortgages. so the question now is it another bubble that is about to burst? senior correspondent scott cone is reporting from washington today on some very startling statistics, scotty? >> reporter: some new statistics, simon, just in. these new figures come from fyke cok -- fico, they analyzed a large sample of credit reports, millions of them nationwide. and here is what they found. since 2005, the percentage of u.s. consumers with multiple open student loans on their credit report has nearly doubled, now almost 12% of us are making payments on at least two student loans. the average amount of that debt, up more than 50% to more than $26,000 on average, a much higher pace of growth than the growth of credit like credit cards and mortgages, other types of debt. and the percentage of consumers with six figures in college
as the networks of nbc focus on education here in the united states, we are also learning this hour that americans owe more on their student loans than they do on their credit cards. and the default rate on those student loans is more than four times the default rate on mortgages. so the question now is it another bubble that is about to burst? senior correspondent scott cone is reporting from washington today on some very startling statistics, scotty? >> reporter: some new statistics,...